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this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to end this issue. have mitt romney turn over more tax returns. the bottom line is, they want to see these attacks continue. it certainly helps the president politically. >> thank you very much for keeping up with the updates. shannon: the dispute is between governor romney and senator harry reid. senator harry reid speaks for himself. newark mayor cory booker criticize the president's attack on on governor romney's record having capital. at one point on a sunday morning, he called them nauseating. then there was senator dianne feinstein. she says the white house was
this is the second day the jay carney refuse to get into that dispute. based on one anonymous source that allegedly was spoken to, he is alleging that the romney did not pay any taxes at all. this was from the washington fact checker on this review. they believe that this is an attack that is hitting mitt romney very hard. on one of his vulnerabilities about not putting out more tax returns and not telling how harry reid to stop it. brinkley, jay carney, per second, he said there is one way to...
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. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising speech in connecticut when the president coined this new term. >> he would ask the middle class to pay more in taxes so he clan give another $2350 -- $250,000 tam break to people making -- it's romneyhood. >> reporter: obama campaign hasn't said whether romney hood will become affection churr. mitt romney responded to what he thinks about that lay belt he says it's obama loney if you can say that three times over. >> thanks for that live report. we'll see you tomorrow. >> the democratic national convention is four weeks away. organizes want to make sure you're taking part whether there in charlotte or not. the dnc the mobile app w
. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney took issue with that. >> let me say this advertisement is category economy false and blatantly dishonest. >> reporter: he goes on to say this gives states more flexibility with regards to how they want to get those families back to work. >> meanwhile the president is in washington holding two private fund-raisers. apparently some comments are getting a lot of attention. >> reporter: this is during a fund-raising...
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so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from some sort of facts. there is no fact to suggest that the video -- had had anything to do with the video in the state department. they say, at 8:30 at night when the ambassador went outside, there is nothing unusual. there has been nothing unusual during the day all outside. where does president obama get the video there? >> let's ask this question. how many communication was going on from the state department to the white house? before the white house started talking through jay carny and through others and through, as carney says, the administrationwide assessment
so for what is jay carney -- why is he still doing this? >> i think it's the president's view that it was the video. that's why i think it's ideology. look, i understand people say the administration's lying, this is a coverup. for the sake of our country, i wish i could believe it were a coverup buzz that would acknowledge that they understood reality. it was inconvenient and they were trying to obscure it. i fear it's more the ideology -- >> greta: but ideology has to stem from...
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. >> jay carney couldn't even explain the difference between solyndra and bain. >> but to go to axelrod, i think axelrod, anytime to political consultant gets out and does a rally, you know you are in some trouble. as a carter political consultant, you don't go out and do a rally for your candidate. >> i think they are afraid to send anybody else out because they are afraid of what they are going to say. >> got to go. got to leave it there. you are not going to believe this one or maybe you will. after 24 hours after john edwards gets on the hook, his miss stress at the center of the scandal is already cashing in. we've got some details. flush ♪ ♪. >> well, ah-ha, i bet nobody saw this next story coming. yesterday former democratic presidential candidate john edwards skated on his corruption charges, and today, low and behold, we find out from " peope magazine" that his miss stress, ms. hunter, who was paid off by edwards cronies, has a new book coming out. it's called "what real happened, john edwards, my daughter and me.." >> is that with a question mark, what really happened? >>
. >> jay carney couldn't even explain the difference between solyndra and bain. >> but to go to axelrod, i think axelrod, anytime to political consultant gets out and does a rally, you know you are in some trouble. as a carter political consultant, you don't go out and do a rally for your candidate. >> i think they are afraid to send anybody else out because they are afraid of what they are going to say. >> got to go. got to leave it there. you are not going to believe...
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. >>> today's white house briefing was a heated and contentious affair as press secretary jay carney fielded a barrage of questions about the attack in libya that ended in the death of ambassador stevens and three other americans. they pressed mr. carney on why it's taken so long to get definitive answers. >> reporter: how is it determined to use these assessments, preliminary or not, even though they turn out to be wrong? isn't there some concern -- >> we live in a society that values transparency. this is an administration that values transparency. we had a -- we had -- >> reporter: for our benefit, even if they turned out to be wrong? >> the judgment you're making. what we are saying is when asked what happened, we gave our assessments based on the information we had at the time. >> and the silver fox joins us now live from the white house. mike, despite carney repeating his assertion the administration divulged details of this attack as they came in, why were reporters like yourself not prepared to buy it? >> reporter: well, i think most people are willing to stipulate to places
. >>> today's white house briefing was a heated and contentious affair as press secretary jay carney fielded a barrage of questions about the attack in libya that ended in the death of ambassador stevens and three other americans. they pressed mr. carney on why it's taken so long to get definitive answers. >> reporter: how is it determined to use these assessments, preliminary or not, even though they turn out to be wrong? isn't there some concern -- >> we live in a society...
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jay carney defended the invoking of executive privilege. mitt romney is going after one of the president big support groups and addressed a gathering of latino officials today. the federal government is requiring oil refineries to use a certain type of biofuel, fine in the millions if they don't. the problem is the substance does not exist. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg: i love the eagles. by now you've seen the video shot on a bus. karen klein was ridiculed, threatened even as she cried. >> you're bad. >> oh, my god. >> greg: watching that, what is your first inclination? i want to track down each punk. the police worry for the safety of the kids. even feels that way. karen klein is doing fine. website to send her on vacation amassed over $300,000 for one day. that's awesome. once i get past my violent fantasies, we're not all that innocent. as a teenager, i was a jerk. my teacher once slipped on snails i placed around the podium. thank god c
jay carney defended the invoking of executive privilege. mitt romney is going after one of the president big support groups and addressed a gathering of latino officials today. the federal government is requiring oil refineries to use a certain type of biofuel, fine in the millions if they don't. the problem is the substance does not exist. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> greg:...
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some of it at the time unpopular. >> jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it's a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president's record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for running mate. head of that decision, we thought we'd bring back the series running with romney and reintroduce you to people we believe are romney's top four choices on his short, short list. with the caveat that only governor romney knows for sure and he could choose someone outside of the four. we begin with one of the republican party young guns whose names seems to be on everyone's lips right now. >> i think the most likely pick is paul ryan. >> paul ryan makes sense. >> romney really likes ryan. there is a good chance he is the pick. >> in recent days, wisconsin congressman and house budget committee cha
some of it at the time unpopular. >> jay carney stresses he only got involved in the welfare controversy because it's a policy issue. they believe that the ad distorts the president's record. they released state fire department republicans praising the president on the welfare issue. bret? >> bret: ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. as carl mentioned we are days away arguably from the biggest decision mitt romney will make as the republican candidate. who he will choose for...
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carney announcing the administration will work to deal with concerns on the contraceptive rule. and the associated press, ben feller, getting the first question and the first topic was this one. >> on the contraception issue, speaker boehner is promising to repeal the rule through legislation and senator connell has talked about the same. i'm curious about your reaction to that and if that were to happen, is that the kind of measure that the president would veto? >> i think that's a lot of speculation embedded in that question and i'm not going to go there. i think on this issue, from the very beginning, we've said we'll listen and work with individuals who have concerns as we work to implement the law. as i said yesterday, on january 20th, when this decision was announced, secretary sebelius said, quote, we'll continue to work closely with religious gripes during this transitional period to discuss their concerns and i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements. and aided states, as i mentioned before, do not even have exemption that this church
carney announcing the administration will work to deal with concerns on the contraceptive rule. and the associated press, ben feller, getting the first question and the first topic was this one. >> on the contraception issue, speaker boehner is promising to repeal the rule through legislation and senator connell has talked about the same. i'm curious about your reaction to that and if that were to happen, is that the kind of measure that the president would veto? >> i think that's a...
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white house spokesman jay carney says the visit is not political and charged that paul ryan wants to cut disaster funding. romney camp denies that and told me in a statement they believe the white house team will politicize anything. bret? >> neil: ed henry traveling with the president tonight in new orleans. the top of the republican ticket is taking this labor day off, but vice presidential candidate paul ryan had one event earlier. not too far from here. chief political correspondent carl cameron continues tonight's reporting on the big question of this campaign. >> in greenville, north carolina, more than 200-miles from the democratic national convention in charlotte, paul ryan led the g.o.p. attempt to counter program against the democrats. >> there is a little gathering going on in charlotte. you heard about this? the president will say a lot of things and he will but he can't tell you that you are better off. >> reporter: they had an attack video with the president recycling the pledges he made four years ago. >> americans are out of work. we have friends out there, family loo
white house spokesman jay carney says the visit is not political and charged that paul ryan wants to cut disaster funding. romney camp denies that and told me in a statement they believe the white house team will politicize anything. bret? >> neil: ed henry traveling with the president tonight in new orleans. the top of the republican ticket is taking this labor day off, but vice presidential candidate paul ryan had one event earlier. not too far from here. chief political correspondent...
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white house press secretary jay carney addressed what sessions said directly and said that's pure politics. he's just turning this into a political incident and that's not what this is. and i should also say, chris, that the white house continues to stand by director mark sullivan. but what's so problematic about this for the white house is that it has almost overshadowed the message that the president is trying to get out in terms of the economy, in terms of energy, and, of course, we are heading into the thick of the election year. so the timing of this is not ideal, certainly, for the white house. >> and that's true of the event itself. i was down there moderating and discussing among three presidents, including the president of the united states, and it was all about the great economic hopes for the latin american, how it's going to help us here. and that part of the message, what we can do for this hemisphere, which is so much more important, you can argue this kind of mess, yet it's not as exciting, i suppose, to talk about. david, did it all come down to the fact that this might hav
white house press secretary jay carney addressed what sessions said directly and said that's pure politics. he's just turning this into a political incident and that's not what this is. and i should also say, chris, that the white house continues to stand by director mark sullivan. but what's so problematic about this for the white house is that it has almost overshadowed the message that the president is trying to get out in terms of the economy, in terms of energy, and, of course, we are...
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members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the very beginning we have concerns as we work to implement the law, and as i said yesterday on january 20th when this decision was announced secretary sebelius said quote we will continue to work closely with religious groups in this transitional periods to discuss their concern s. i would note that 28 states have similar contraception coverage requirements and eight of the states as i have mentioned before do not even the exemption that this provision requires for churches and house of worship. we want to work with all of the organizations to implement the policy that is as sensitive to their concerns as possib
members of the white house weighed in on this, but jay carney taking questions at the top of the white house briefing. >> on the issue of contraceptives, speaker boehner is wanting to deny it through the rule, and i'm kind of curious about your reaction to that, and if it were to happen, is that the kind of omeasure that the president would veto, or does he feel that strongly? >> well, that is a lot of speculation embedded in that question. i won't go there. on this issue from the...
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and you can hear it in jay carney dancing. here he is just sort of, you know, saying what we have done -- kind of what we have done -- excuse for what we have done and why we can't do more. >> president obama has called for common sense measures that protect the second amendment rights and improve public safety by keeping guns out of the hands of those who should not have them under existing law. >> he said that over and over and again, but the question keeps coming back what is the president willing to do in is he going to call a special session of congress? he is going to go up to capitol hill and demand a vote. here again jay carney dancing on the issue. >> he believes we can enhance the enforcement of existing laws by making it more difficult for those that should not have weapons under existing laws making it more difficult for them to obtain weapons. >> so -- so -- on the one hand the president has these great speeches saying we got to do something, and then he says he have to enforce the existing lous. obviously the exi
and you can hear it in jay carney dancing. here he is just sort of, you know, saying what we have done -- kind of what we have done -- excuse for what we have done and why we can't do more. >> president obama has called for common sense measures that protect the second amendment rights and improve public safety by keeping guns out of the hands of those who should not have them under existing law. >> he said that over and over and again, but the question keeps coming back what is the...
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do you think that was a bright spot in jay carney's career? >> bob: that is one i would put in my home videos and show my kids. jay on occasion was wonder a littlait will -- what happenedee bit. they are ducking away from occupy wall street. i'll make the point. i support occupy wall street. they're exactly right. rich people make it and poor people don't. democrat is incorrect again. erroneous i'm going to dana perino. >> dana: my lowlight reel from the white house would be extensive and something you could make fun of for days. sometimes you get a question where you are like, when you are answering it you think like what is the three days from now what are they going to ask me? i think three months ago when occupy wall street was all that and they were living in the rei tents, that was longer ago i guess. maybe in the fall. but now it look like they're tarnish and they back away and sometimes you don't have a good answer. >> bob: time for greg to talk about defecating. >> greg: okay. anytime? here is the thing, i am beginning to sympathize w
do you think that was a bright spot in jay carney's career? >> bob: that is one i would put in my home videos and show my kids. jay on occasion was wonder a littlait will -- what happenedee bit. they are ducking away from occupy wall street. i'll make the point. i support occupy wall street. they're exactly right. rich people make it and poor people don't. democrat is incorrect again. erroneous i'm going to dana perino. >> dana: my lowlight reel from the white house would be...
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president obama through white house spokesman jay carney went after romney for not only those remarks but ad that romney is running on the subject. watch. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false and blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more atechive ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. >> democrats accuse romney of hypocrisy because in 2005 he signed on to a letter with republic governors urging congress to loosen some of the restrictions and let states run their welfare programs more effectively. romney says he never once was suggesting they eliminate the work requirement, shep. >> shepard: carl, i'm told governor romney's wife ann olympic horse may have something to do with the running mate announcement. >> we haven't gotten the who but win. mrs. romney's horse did not qualify for the medal round. the horse's involvement is over in the united kingdom. she will now come home and get together with her husband the presumptive nominee on frida
president obama through white house spokesman jay carney went after romney for not only those remarks but ad that romney is running on the subject. watch. >> from a policy standpoint, let me say that this advertisement is categorically false and blatantly dishonest. this administration's policy will strengthen the program by giving states the opportunity to employ more atechive ways to help people get off welfare and into a job. >> democrats accuse romney of hypocrisy because in...
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. >> jon: the white house press secretary jay carney this week giving us take on the fast and furious investigation to our chief white house correspondent at fox news channel, ed henry and jim, i guess he's right about one thing, because fox news has been covering this story since the get-go, but so many other news organizations have not been. why not? >> well, it would almost make you think that they're thinking more like political partisans than investigators. it's astonishing to see from "the washington post," oh, yes, normally i'm from full disclosure and normally letting truth-- after all i'm a reporter and a journalist, of course in this case, no, no, we can't do anything to hurt president obama. that's pretty astonishing, where you forfeit your journalistic credentials in favor of supporting just a politician. >> and the coverage of this story from nbc, not a lot from the new york times. why do you think the story was ignored so long. >> i don't think the story is ignored. we heard about it in many, many places, and i mean, everything from the washington post to really get some
. >> jon: the white house press secretary jay carney this week giving us take on the fast and furious investigation to our chief white house correspondent at fox news channel, ed henry and jim, i guess he's right about one thing, because fox news has been covering this story since the get-go, but so many other news organizations have not been. why not? >> well, it would almost make you think that they're thinking more like political partisans than investigators. it's astonishing to...
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jay carney repeatedly tried to deny the fact. megyn: we know those facts happened. but when you have access to petraeus, testifying before you, what are you going to ask him? >> exactly was he in contact with the state department that night, what was he told, what information was he told. what did his cia station people in libya tell him. why did he come forward with this version that involved a video. what was that based on in view of the fact we know that night people at the compound in benghazi were saying this was a terrorist attack. why were these people on the ground saying one thing and why was he and the administration officials saying something else. we have to get the whole time line as to what they were told, when they were told and why they came up with the story in the first place. megyn: clapper is the one who copped to his group, we are the ones who gave the white house the talking points memo that spoke of a video. to this moment do we know why he did that? what specifically he was basing that on? >> the reason we look at the memo carefully, it was p
jay carney repeatedly tried to deny the fact. megyn: we know those facts happened. but when you have access to petraeus, testifying before you, what are you going to ask him? >> exactly was he in contact with the state department that night, what was he told, what information was he told. what did his cia station people in libya tell him. why did he come forward with this version that involved a video. what was that based on in view of the fact we know that night people at the compound in...
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carney's comments and the president's comments. >> reporter: it's interesting because jay carney was trying to dismiss this e back saying it was a bunch of hearsay slapped together into a book, pushing back on this report from politico that there is a lot of infighting inside the obama camp inside chicago. all pushing back on the book when it eadges that the president has almost a hatred of mitt romney on a personal level. the book suggesting the white house and obama campaign do not have a lot of confidence in debbie wasserman shuts. she serves as chair of the democratic committee and he says that's not true and gave her a vote of confidence. after a few weeks of white house aides and obama campaign advisers not denouncing the ad and not plattly saying the cancer ad -- the president today -- he's the top one finally saying he does not believe that mitt romney in his actions led to the death of this woman. he flatly said that. he was pushing back on the notion that he had anything to do with the ad and was hitting romney hard for the ads he has been running. but part of the question
carney's comments and the president's comments. >> reporter: it's interesting because jay carney was trying to dismiss this e back saying it was a bunch of hearsay slapped together into a book, pushing back on this report from politico that there is a lot of infighting inside the obama camp inside chicago. all pushing back on the book when it eadges that the president has almost a hatred of mitt romney on a personal level. the book suggesting the white house and obama campaign do not have...
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here's press secretary jay carney. >> the president's a former constitutional law professor. one of his professors now says, in his words, the president, quote: obviously misspoke earlier this week. quote: he didn't say what he meant, and having said that in order to avoid misleading anyone, he had to clarify it. i thought yesterday you were saying repeatedly he did not misspeak. what do you make of the president's former law professor saying he did? >> the premise of your question suggests that the president of the united states in the comments he made monday did not believe that the supreme court could rule on the constitutionality of legislation which is a preposterous premise, and i know you don't believe that, so what i -- >> who knows a lot more about you or i than constitutional law -- >> what i accept and i think i acknowledged yesterday that in speaking on monday, the president was not clearly understood by some people. because he is a law professor, he spoke in shorthand. megyn: joining me now with more, greg jarrett in our new york newsroom, and i want to tell the
here's press secretary jay carney. >> the president's a former constitutional law professor. one of his professors now says, in his words, the president, quote: obviously misspoke earlier this week. quote: he didn't say what he meant, and having said that in order to avoid misleading anyone, he had to clarify it. i thought yesterday you were saying repeatedly he did not misspeak. what do you make of the president's former law professor saying he did? >> the premise of your question...
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. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be more worried about the economy. >> congressional republicans are focused on this politically motivated taxpayer funded election year, fishing expedition. >> defiant attorney general eric holder agreed. all the way from denmark slammed house republicans for moving forward on contempt charges. >> to say that the action that the committee took yesterday was unwarranted, unnecessary, and unprecedented. >> republicans showed no signs of backing down. senator marco rubio, potential v.p. pick, urged holder to resign. john boehner stopped short of that saying it's not about personalities but vowed to push the full house to hold him in contempt. >> this is about getti
. >> white house spokesman jay carney says he insisted that president obama's claim of executive privilege is not a coverup. >> i don't a way to characterize the documents in question here. >> even if carney's struck to explain the scope of the privilege claim in the "fast and furious" scandal. >> how many pages -- i >> don't have a page count for you. >> well, why not? >> i just don't. >> what carney did know is republicans should be...
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the only people denying that the last week is people like jay carney. they wanted us to believe the afascinations of the ambassador, stevens, and navy seals were the quote of a movie trailer. this had nothing to do with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. but as more facts about the tragedy were revealed, that story began to change and contradictions began piling up. let's review. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to united states policy, not to obviously the administration, not to the american people. it is in response to a video, a film. >> the best assessment we have today is that, in fact, this was not a preplanned, premeditated attack. that what happened initially, it was a spontaneous reaction to what had just transpired in cairo as a consequence of the video. >> we have condemned in the strongest possible terms the violence that has erupted from these protests. and as i have said, the video that sparked these protests is disgusting and reprehensible, and the united states government, of course, had absolutely nothi
the only people denying that the last week is people like jay carney. they wanted us to believe the afascinations of the ambassador, stevens, and navy seals were the quote of a movie trailer. this had nothing to do with the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. but as more facts about the tragedy were revealed, that story began to change and contradictions began piling up. let's review. >> this is a fairly volatile situation and it is in response not to united states policy, not to obviously...